Programmatic somatic utilities
REM-related motor and awakening phenomena
REM-related motor and awakening phenomena
REM sleep includes characteristic motor inhibition, but subjective experiences do not directly measure REM physiology. These guides separate sleep paralysis, RSWA, awakening sensations, and fragmented sleep from unsupported mechanism claims.
Reviewed guides
Sleep paralysis at awakening: what REM atonia can explain REM sleep without atonia: RSWA, movement during REM, and the RBD distinction Body sensations while waking: the hypnopompic transition Fragmented REM sleep: repeated arousals, awakenings, and what they can showNeurobiology and somatic markers only — no dream dictionaries.